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It's another generation, of course, but after Piaf, my favorite cabaret chanteur is Jacques Brel -- peut-être il a été Belge, and I lived in Brussels as a kid.
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It's another generation, of course, but after Piaf, my favorite cabaret chanteur is Jacques Brel -- peut-être il a été Belge, and I lived in Brussels as a kid.
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A 'chanteur' is a man who can manage to put a paragraph in the papers -- never an editor nor a responsible man, for they are not supposed to know anything about it, and there is always a Giroudeau or a Philippe Bridau to be found.
Lost Illusions Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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The 'chanteur' gets possession of some compromising letter, asks for an interview; and if the man that made the money does not buy silence, the 'chanteur' draws a picture of the press ready to take the matter up and unravel his private affairs.
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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A 'chanteur' is a man who can manage to put a paragraph in the papers -- never an editor nor a responsible man, for they are not supposed to know anything about it, and there is always a Giroudeau or a Philippe Bridau to be found.
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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The 'chanteur' gets possession of some compromising letter, asks for an interview; and if the man that made the money does not buy silence, the 'chanteur' draws a picture of the press ready to take the matter up and unravel his private affairs.
Lost Illusions Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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"You are committed to some risky venture, which might easily be written down in a series of articles; a 'chanteur' waits upon you, and offers to withdraw the articles -- for a consideration.
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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"You are committed to some risky venture, which might easily be written down in a series of articles; a 'chanteur' waits upon you, and offers to withdraw the articles -- for a consideration.
Lost Illusions Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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Français · Israël: Énorme succès du concert du chanteur Léonard Cohen
Global Voices in English » Israel: Leonard Cohen Performs to Rave Reviews 2009
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Mousse is played by the blonde, gamine, hazel-eyed Isabelle Carré, who was actually pregnant at the time, and the young chanteur Louis-Ronan Choisy plays the good-looking Paul and also composed the attractive title song.
The Refuge 2010
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